HIS 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Mandate Of Heaven, Jing Tian, Duke Of Zhou
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Office hours: t 9-10am, r 2-3 om, 4-5pm. Zhous did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)all the(cid:373)selves (cid:862)ki(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:271)ut (cid:862)wa(cid:374)g(cid:863) King wen suffered from the shang ruler and he decided to overthrow the shang, but instead he let his son do it (king wu) King wu claimed that the heaven wanted him to overthrow the ruler (cid:862)if you a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot the good (cid:396)ule(cid:396), the tia(cid:374) (cid:449)ould (cid:374)ot suppo(cid:396)t you a(cid:374)y(cid:373)o(cid:396)e a(cid:374)d gi(cid:448)e the. King wu died and left king cheng. Duke of zhou (zhou gong), ki(cid:374)g wu"s (cid:271)(cid:396)othe(cid:396) took (cid:272)a(cid:396)e of ki(cid:374)g che(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d help hi(cid:373) establish his own throne. The king has the right to rule based on virtue. It is app(cid:396)o(cid:448)ed (cid:271)y hea(cid:448)e(cid:374)/natu(cid:396)e, the (cid:396)ule(cid:396) (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e (cid:862) o(cid:374) of hea(cid:448)e(cid:374), tia(cid:374) )i(cid:863) Divide the land and all together plant the central part and the farmers own the others (plant their own land) They have primogeniture (the eldest son became the lord, )
